# Burketown Airport (BUC / YBKT)

**Burketown Airport** (IATA: BUC, ICAO: YBKT) is a small airport in Queensland, Australia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,372 m (4,501 ft). It is operated by Shire of Burke.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybkt

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BUC / YBKT
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Shire of Burke
- Serves: Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 6 m / 21 ft
- Coordinates: -17.7486, 139.5340
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,372 m / 4,501 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burketown_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4998976
- Ident: YBKT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,372 m / 4,501 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes |
| 14/32 | 757 m / 2,484 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Dirt | 132° / 312° |  |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [DMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydmg.md) Doomadgee Airport · Australia · 78 km / 48 mi · Rex Airlines
- [ONG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymti.md) Mornington Island Airport · Australia · 127 km / 79 mi · Rex Airlines
- [NTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yntn.md) Normanton Airport · Australia · 163 km / 101 mi · Rex Airlines
- [ISA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybma.md) Mount Isa Airport · Australia · 324 km / 201 mi · Rex Airlines
- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 667 km / 414 mi · Rex Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BUC, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 5

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,372 m / 4,501 ft | =8,096 of 29,858 | =555 in Oceania | =436 in AU |
| Elevation | 6 m / 21 ft | =41,225 of 43,403 | =2,009 in Oceania | =1,178 in AU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =33 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 125.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [YESC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yesc.md) Escott Airport · 13 km / 7.9 mi
- [YAML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yaml.md) Armraynald Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [YWER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywer.md) Wernadinga Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [YSWE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yswe.md) Sweers Island Resort Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [YBTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybtk.md) Bentinck Island Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [DMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydmg.md) Doomadgee Airport · 78 km / 49 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Burketown Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burketown_Airport&oldid=1363023306), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybkt/data